{"id":4837,"date":"2021-07-21T11:31:43","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T06:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learn.toddleapp.com\/?post_type=talk_post&#038;p=4837"},"modified":"2025-08-12T11:49:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T06:19:05","slug":"play-as-inquiry-enabling-childrens-agency-to-emerge","status":"publish","type":"talk_post","link":"https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/talk-post\/play-as-inquiry-enabling-childrens-agency-to-emerge\/","title":{"rendered":"<b>Play-As-Inquiry &#8211; Enabling Children\u2019s Agency to Emerge<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-about-the-talk\"><strong>About the talk<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Play-as-inquiry enables children to engage in problem-posing and problem-solving, interactional story-telling, transformation, self-regulation and conflict resolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">In this immersive session, join early years educator, author and consultant, Dr Jo Fahey, to find the link between play and inquiry, both through her own extensive experience, and by building on the research of Professor Kathy Short, Judith Wells Lindfors, Joan Youngquist and Jann Pataray-Ching. 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